Polysiphonia subulata (Ducluzeau) Kützing 1863

Publication Details
Polysiphonia subulata (Ducluzeau) Kützing 1863: 18

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1863). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XIII. pp. [i-iii], 1-31, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Publication date: March, 1863

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ceramium subulatum Ducluzeau

Type Information
Type locality: "Il croit a Sette sur les rochers qui bordent la Mediterranée, et on le trouve quelqefois adhérent [sic] a des Fucus. Il est assez commun vers la fin de l'été."; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), subulate, awl-shaped, i.e., tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2017

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Nomenclatural note
This combination may have been effected first as a combination by P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crounan in the exsiccata Algues marines du Finistère (1982: no 298) but we have not seen this exsiccata. The combination was also introduced by J.Agardh (1863: 985). - (07 May 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025